Elko High School - Pohob Yearbook (Elko, NV)

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linhnh Engllsh HE Engllsh Depar ment has thls year been very su cessful B SldCS carrymv on the regular class work ln which they accom pllshed a great deal the students have executed several profit abe outslde undertaklngs Among thelr ventures are the followlng two school papers the Elko Exhaust pubhshed by the Engllsh IV and Buslness Engllsh classes and the Elkonlan publlshed by tne two dlvxslons of the Enfvlrsh lll cla ses a Better Ewlxsh Week under the SUPCYVISIOH of all the Envllsh classes and the partxclpatxom ln Short Story and Essay Contests Thls year s newspapers were better than ever before The Elko Exhaust appeared rn the Elko Free Press on Vvednesdays of alter nate weeks Whlle The Elkonxan was pubhshed ln our other town paper The Independent on the Saturdays of those weeks when no Exhaust was prlnted In thls way the hx h school had a paper ev ry week coverlng all the events wlthm that perlod In each lssue an average of four columns a week contalnlnff all the news of the week jokes edltorlal comment stones and mlscellaneous artlcles By thls undertaklng the communlty has been kept mformed about the aCtlV1 tres of our hlgh school and the students of the Engllsh classes have gamecl consxderable knowledge and experlence 1n newspaper Wfltlllg which Wlll be to some of the students a Great use 1n later llfe Perhaps the newest and most mterestmg ldea carrled out by the Enffllsh Department was the Good Envllsh Week between February 20 t u Robison 0 l A . Craig Roosa ' '- ' f- Q L N., . sv' D , - l . g . U N . . l ' 1 . . H - -v - 1 -- K s - 9 . . . . 4. . n S ' ' D ' 7 .3 . . . S . . . . D -. . ' ku 0 1 Il ,, . U an . U . H . . U H H ,, . . . . . U S V za , . 3 Q3 Y , 3' ' . ra ' 9 . D . . - .4 . H ca :a

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1511111111 must complete the work required in the text and receive a thirty word certificate To receive credit for the second year s work a student is required to finish the text and receive a bronze medal which means that a pupil can write forty words a minute accurately Higher medals are offered for the ambitious student These are the bronze silver Gold and diamond medals To receive credit for the first year of shorthand the worc re quired in the manual reader and Gregg Writer must be completed and the first year s certificate which is based on the system must b obtained Credit is given for the second year in shorthand when the work required in the Gregg Speed Studies classics and secretarial text has b tn completed and an Order of Gregg Artists certificate has been ceeded in making beautiful shorthand notes Membership in the O G A is the most popular of the certifi cates of the Gregg Publishing Company embracing as it does the triple elements art speed in shorthand writing and the fraternal elements in class work The wmninv of the O C A certificate is a recognized testimonial It means the acquiring of such a knowledge of shorthand and such a stvle in the writing of it as marks the differ ence between a mediocre writer and a writer of promise As a result of the work accomplished by the pupils of this depart ment efficient stenographers and bookkeepers graduates of this school are now holding responsible posltlons in various busmess houses of this and other cities Honor should be given Miss Miller head of this department for her deep and smcere interest in the success of our commercial pupils I9 F ' v .. ' L , . , H . . . , 1 - . . , O . , ' . , 3 Y ei y i . . . obtained. This certificate is awarded to any student who has suc- O . . D , . S . : , D . D . . . n , . Y Y Y

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Ignhuh I2 I6 It IS descrxbed at length elsewhere ln thls lssue of The Pohob The short stones entered m the Roberts lVlcCutcheon Brown Memorlal contest brought pralse and commendatlon from the local judges who chose two from the efforts of seventeen contestants Those two were Charles Geyman s Chlef KlDlSh8W s Last Raid and Bully Clawson s The Peace of the Cuardlan Mother Honorable Mentlon was given to Eber Stenmgers Humboldt Otter Lucnlle Cralgle s nmmle s Dream and Eva Reed s Fnguratxvely Speakmg We are now anxiously awaltmv the declslon of the judges who choose the three best storxes entered from the hrgh schools of the state Elko hopes to wln a place ln thls contest It IS also too early to know lf our contestants m the varlous essay contests have won any mark of accomplishment thrs year The Nevada Educatlonal Leagues offer of prlzes for the best essays on the Towner Sterling Blll has been answered by several Elko Hrgh School students also a few have wrltten essays m the Flrestone natlonal contest on good roads The enthuslasm wlth whlch students have entered all these fields of work IS an evidence of splendid school splrlt The Englnsh classes have accompllshecl beside all these by the way results the actual requlrements of the state course of study ln composxtlon rhetorlc and appreclatlon of the world s best lnterature The hlstorles of Amerlcan and English llterature are subjects of the upper classes the Hrst and second year s work more definitely exer clses the creative qualltles of the student ln hls class work All ln all the English Department attempts to create ln each stu dent a deslre to speak and wrlte not only correctly but effectxvely and an abnllty to appreclate the best and the beautlful of our language Zl . . . . . u u , . v .4 . . . n . n , n .4 . rv , . . 1 u on . 1 I I I lljl I l If Y ll n a r V' . . . . . . D 7 . . . . . . l Y I . . . . . , 9 . . x , .. - Y . . . . . s . , . .. 9 I 9 1 ' . , .. Y 3 .